Massachusetts Students Call Space Station Astronaut

WASHINGTON -- Students in Springfield, Mass., will make a special call
to Expedition 27 Flight Engineer and western Massachusetts resident
Cady Coleman aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday, March 29.

The event, which includes a video link with Coleman, will air live on
NASA Television at 11:41 a.m. EDT. Sixth-grade students from Elmer J.
McMahon School, Dr. Marcella R. Kelly School and STEM Middle Academy
will participate and learn about the important role the station plays
in scientific discovery and space exploration.

The downlink will be hosted at Springfield Technical Community
College, located at One Armory Square, Springfield, Mass. Journalists
interested in attending the event should contact Setta McCabe at 413-755-4475.

The morning of the event, students will take part in activities
focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
led by graduate students from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

The in-flight education downlink is part of a series with educational
organizations in the U.S. and abroad to improve teaching and learning
in STEM subjects. It is an integral component of Teaching From Space,
a NASA education program that promotes learning opportunities and
builds partnerships with the education community using the unique
environment of space and NASA's human spaceflight program.

For NASA TV information and schedules, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For information about NASA's education programs, visit:

http://education.nasa.gov/

Source: NASA

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